The "good news" for consumers from monopolistic competition is ________ but the "bad news" for producers is that ________.

A. lower prices than monopoly; there are higher production costs
B. lower prices than monopoly; there are higher travel costs
C. lower prices than monopoly; there is less product variety
D. greater product variety; product prices are higher


Answer: A

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